CVE-2020-7961
Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Liferay Portal
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
⚠ KEVEPSS 94.4%
Description
Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Liferay Portal prior to 7.2.1 CE GA2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via JSON web services (JSONWS).
How to fix CVE-2020-7961
To remediate CVE-2020-7961, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Maven/com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.kernel—upgrade to 4.35.3 or later
Is CVE-2020-7961 being exploited?
Yes — CVE-2020-7961 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Patch immediately.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 4.35.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H |